Staff Picks • March 17, 2021January 3, 2023

Free jazz pioneer, the late saxophonist Julius Hemphill was a member of the World Saxophone Quartet, and his massive 7 CD box set collects works ranging from solo numbers to chamber music, and it all will blow your mind.

James Mann

Julius Hemphill

The Boyé Multi-National Crusade For Harmony

New World Records

RIYL: Albert Ayler, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Roland Kirk, Nels Cline, Alex Cline, Abdul Wadud, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, World Saxophone Quartet

Released: January 21, 2021

www.newworldrecords.org

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